^^S.^ REVIEW OF GENUS PSITTACULA. 



l()\ver back aud rump bright parrot-green, incliuing to einerakl ; top 

 and sides of head less pure yellowisli green than in the male: postoc- 

 ular region tinged with bluish green, lower parts entirely apple-green ; 

 under wing-coverts and axillars similar but less yellowish. Wing 3.20, 

 tail, 2 ; cubnen .48. 



Young male* (No. 9G, Lafresnaye collection; Guayaquil*): Similar 

 to adult female, but postocular region decidedly tinged with blue, and 

 rump bluish green strongly tinged with ultramarine-blne. Wing .'120, 

 tail l.SO, culmen .50. 



The above description of the adult male is from two examples in tlie 

 Lawrence collection from Pascamayo, Peru. One in the National 

 Museum collection from Guayaquil (No. 32905) is similar, except that 

 the blue of the rump and under wing-coverts is duller and less glossy. 

 Its measurements are as follows: Wing 3.30, tail 1.85, culmen .50. 



A very handsome adult male in the Lafresnaye collection (No. 95), 

 said to be from Colombia, is very different from Guayaquil and 

 Pascamayo specimens. The toj) and sides of the head are decidedly 

 more yellowish green; the lower parts also are lighter and more yel- 

 lowish green, with the sides and flanks strongly olive-buff; the mantle 

 is conspicuously browner, or light brownish olive-green, and the blue of 

 the rumj), etc., is lighter, being of a rich smalt-blue hue. In short, the 

 different colors are far more conspicuously contrasted, and the bird 

 much handsomer. Wing 3.30, tail 1.80, culmen .51. The differences 

 are sufliciently great to characterize a very strongly marked geograi)h- 

 ical race or subspecies, which may be called P. coelestis hicida* 



5. Psittacula passenua (Linn.). 

 (Ceara Passerine Parrot.) 



rsittacus passerinus Linn., S. N. ed. 10, i., 1758, lO:? (based on P. hrachynrus, etc., Muh. 

 Adolplii Friderici, i, 1754, 14) ; ed. 12, i, 17GI), 1.5.0 (quotes, iu addition, Pfiiffaciis 

 hrasiliensis Briss Av., iv, p. 384, Edw., Av., v, p. 51, pi. 2:^5, etc.): Waol., 

 Mou. Psitt., 1832, 617. 



Psittacula passerina Finsch, Mon. Papag., ii, 18G8, 648-6G0 (part). — Reichknow, 

 Consp. Psitt., 1882, 189.— Taczan., Orn Per. iii, 1886, 212 description, bnt per- 

 haps not spec'n ; Rio Javari). 



Psittacul us passerinus Sciileg., Mus. P.-B., PsiUaci, 1864. 30 (part). 



Agapornis cyanoptcrus Swains., Anini. in Menag., 1838, 320 i^nec Psllfactts ci/anopterus 



BODD.). 



JIahitat. — Ceara district of eastern Brazil, between Cape St. Eoque 

 and mouth of the Amazon. 



Sp. char. — Adult male: Above light parrot-green, becoming more 

 yellowish green on forehead, Avhere, as also sometimes all round base 

 of the bill, yellowish apple-green ; sides of head and entire lower parts 

 apple-green ; lower back, rump, secondaries (except tertials), shorter 

 X^rimaries, primary coverts, alula, greater coverts, under wing-coverts, 

 * Tbo original P. coelestis is said to have come from Guayaquil. 



